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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom28.8%
2 United States24.4%
3 Japan22.6%
4 Germany22.5%
5 France 16.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.232923 X +6.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.314735 X +6.288
Correlation coefficient (r)0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.390365 X +6.254
Correlation coefficient (r)0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 120404.362665 X +27105.320
Correlation coefficient (r)0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -19.785329 X +85.935
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.478063 X +1.596
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -16.722066 X +15.371
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062